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Our Boys

Music
ca. 1870s (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Enoch & Sons (publishers)
Stannard (printers (people))
Carl Reiss (composers)
Alfred Concanen (lithographer)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Music sheet cover for 'Our Boys', a Schottische by Carl Reiss, published by Enoch & Sons, ca. 1870s.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Music
TitleOur Boys (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph
Paper
Ink
Chromolithography
Brief description
Music sheet cover for 'Our Boys', a Schottische by Carl Reiss, published by Enoch & Sons, ca. 1870s.
Physical description
Cover of the sheet music for 'Our Boys'. Image on cover shows two men climbing a ladder, on each rung of the ladder is printed '100TH NIGHT', '200TH NIGHT' etc. up to 1000. The top of the ladder leads into a cloud. Title of the song is printed to the right of the image. Song credits are printed underneath the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.0cm
  • Width: 25.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Dedicated to / Messrs. JAMES and THORNE / OUR BOYS / Schottische / for the PIANOFORTE / by / CARL REISS. / PRICE 3/- ORCHESTRA 1/4 NET SEPTETT 1/- / ENT STA HALL / PARIS: / ENOCH PERE & FILS / LONDON: / ENOCH & SONS, 19 HOLLES ST CAVENDISH SQE W. / NEW YORK / EDWARD SCHUBERTH & CO. / STANNARD & SON / imp' (Printed on front of cover)
  • '287' (Written in ink in the top right hand corner)
Credit line
Given by John Hall
Literary referenceOur Boys
Summary
Music sheet cover for 'Our Boys', a Schottische by Carl Reiss, published by Enoch & Sons, ca. 1870s.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.44-2012

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1243388/our-boys-music-carl-reiss/
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